Eighteen U.S. parachutists were captured in an orchard by the crews of
two disabled Nazi tanks. The Germans had two wounded American
prisoners; one of their own men was badly shot up. They proposed that
the parachutists take all three wounded to a U.S. first-aid station in
exchange for their own freedom. A temporary truce was accepted, with
the understanding that the Americans would make no immediate attempt to
counter-capture the Germans.

One paratrooper left to find a first-aid station. When he and four U.S.
medical men returned to...